Job Description

Posting number: 02381

Department: PUBLIC WORKS

Division: Streets and Stormwater

Job classification: Equipment Operator - Public Works

Posting type: Open & Promotional

Categories: Public Works, Miscellaneous, Maintenance, Construction Maintenance, Drivers

Summary

This position requires an individual to operate heavy trucks and a variety of other equipment in order to maintain roads, rights-of-way, drainage areas, and other property.

Examples of duties

The functions listed below are those that represent the majority of the time spent working in this position. Management may assign additional functions related to the type of work of the position as necessary.

• Performs minor preventative maintenance work on equipment to ensure that the equipment is in working order; performs routine service and safety checks on equipment.
• Reports potentially significant maintenance or repair problems to a supervisor and to the Vehicle Maintenance Supervisor.
• Operates a front-end loader (3 cubic yard bucket or less), to load working materials onto a dump truck and within a job site.
• Operates a rubber tire backhoe (equal or less than 20' reach) for digging. and excavation.
• Operates the Skid Steer loader for loading, grading, and concrete removal.
• Operates the vac truck to clean and maintain the City drainage system.
• Operates the Street Sweeper.
• May operate the excavator, grader, or dozer on a temporary, emergency, or trainee basis.
• Drives a dump truck to haul materials and debris.
• Removes and restores the base and surface of asphalt roadways, concrete sidewalks and driveways.
• Performs related work as assigned.

Qualifications

Requires High School graduation or GED equivalent supplemented by one (1) year of experience working with heavy equipment; or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience that provides the required knowledge, skills and abilities. Bilingual preferred (Spanish/English).

Must be able to respond to afterhours emergencies or work efforts.

Must possess and maintain the following certifications or obtain within one (1) year of employment:

• Maintenance of Traffic Level I
• Trenching and Shoring Competent Person
• Confined Space
• Forklift Operator
• FEMA 100, 200, 700, 800
• Stormwater Operator 1

Must possess and maintain a valid state driver's license – Class A (restriction 5 – no tractor/trailers) with an acceptable driving history.

Supplemental information

Physical Requirements:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to remain stationary; move; use hands to finger, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to remain stationary; communicate and taste or smell. The employee must routinely lift and/or move up to 50 pounds and will frequently lift and/ or move up to 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Mathematics:

Ability to add and subtract two-digit numbers and to multiply and divide with 10's and 100's. Ability to perform these operations using units of American money and weight measurement, volume, and distance.

Language Ability:

Ability to read a limited number of two- and three-syllable words and to recognize similarities and differences between words and between series of numbers. Ability to print and speak simple sentences.

Reasoning:

Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions. Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.

Work Environment:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly exposed to outside weather conditions and confined spaces. The employee is occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts; high, precarious places; fumes or airborne particles and vibration. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.